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the u.s. diplomats in benghazi? and another high-profile republican now running away from mitt romney after he tried to blame his loss on so-called gifts from president obama. james carville and ari fleischer, they are here this hour. we're going to talk about the gop's hand wringing and back stabbing. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> hamas militants -- [ gunfire ] -- there they are. hamas militants in gaza keep unleashing rocket attacks on israel and get alarmingly close to jerusalem. a new provocation as they continue the air assault on what it calls terrorist targets in gaza. the death toll is rising along with fears of an all-out israeli ground invasion. the israeli cabinet has just approved the call-up of 75,000 army reservists in addition to the troops already positioned along the border with gaza. a visit to gaza by egypt's prime minister failed to stop the bombardment and pull the region from the brink of all-out war. u.s. officials blame hamas for starting this co
the u.s. diplomats in benghazi? and another high-profile republican now running away from mitt romney after he tried to blame his loss on so-called gifts from president obama. james carville and ari fleischer, they are here this hour. we're going to talk about the gop's hand wringing and back stabbing. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> hamas militants -- [ gunfire ] -- there they are. hamas militants in gaza keep unleashing rocket attacks on israel and get...
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>> a u.s. official confirms the agent in question did send shirtless photos of himself to kelly, which opens up a host of questions. they also said that happened before this case ever began. we already know this was the agent kelly took her original concerns to when she received the e-mails she felt were threatening. an official we spoke with said this agent never worked the case, but passed on the information to special agents in another department, the cyber unit. it was that department that took up the investigation that eventually led to the affair between broadwell and general petraeus. >> this agent also who has not been identified, suzanne, who allegedly went to this republican member of congress from washington state, dave reichert, he then went to house minority leader, majority leader eric cantor who went to justice department and fbi and as a result, all of this exploded. by releasing sensitive information to this member of congress, did he break the law? is he under investigation no
>> a u.s. official confirms the agent in question did send shirtless photos of himself to kelly, which opens up a host of questions. they also said that happened before this case ever began. we already know this was the agent kelly took her original concerns to when she received the e-mails she felt were threatening. an official we spoke with said this agent never worked the case, but passed on the information to special agents in another department, the cyber unit. it was that department...
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if the u.s. attorney's office says, no, just appears to be a private matter or merely ma raszment, we won't prosecute, the case is over. the fbi stops it. >> but -- but they have concluded there was no harassment. >> right. >> pardon me? i'm sorry. >> the fbi -- >> no. the fact is based on what we know now, there was no harassment concluded and nothing threatening. no one said the e-mails were threatening. i said -- i think what the point david is trying to make and a legitimate question, who was the underlying predicate that the fbi had with the citizen got an e-mail to open up the preliminary inquiry? i don't think it's clear and becomes not about the threat or the harassment, whatever you want to call this thing related to kelly, this becomes the fbi's cyber division is concerned that petraeus's private e-mail is hacked in to. that's why they continue this and the crime they're looking at. this is a red herring about harassment of jill kelly, a private citizen and a social liaison. ludicrous.
if the u.s. attorney's office says, no, just appears to be a private matter or merely ma raszment, we won't prosecute, the case is over. the fbi stops it. >> but -- but they have concluded there was no harassment. >> right. >> pardon me? i'm sorry. >> the fbi -- >> no. the fact is based on what we know now, there was no harassment concluded and nothing threatening. no one said the e-mails were threatening. i said -- i think what the point david is trying to make...
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what's the u.s. reaction? >> the u.s. reaction is complete understanding of our situation and support for our right to defend our citizens from terrorist attacks. >> how worried are you that this what effectively is now emerging as a war in the south could lead to a war in the north with hezbollah based in lebanon as well? >> first, we don't want any war in the south. israel does not want a war. >> but if you go in on the ground and go into gaza to do whatever you want to do, that effectively is going to be a war. >> well, we're not there yet. we are preparing for any eventuali eventuality, that is true. >> you're pulling reservists? >> we're making all preparations to defend the civilians of the south. we're saying stop it. you cannot shoot with immunity at our citizens. if they internalize that message and stop shooting, there will be no further escalation. >> we did get a statement from lieutenant colonel of the israeli military saying there are some reserve units that are preparing but nothing more than that at this p
what's the u.s. reaction? >> the u.s. reaction is complete understanding of our situation and support for our right to defend our citizens from terrorist attacks. >> how worried are you that this what effectively is now emerging as a war in the south could lead to a war in the north with hezbollah based in lebanon as well? >> first, we don't want any war in the south. israel does not want a war. >> but if you go in on the ground and go into gaza to do whatever you want...
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the six u.s. circuit court of appeals today said that the admissions aspect should be debated at each public university rather than be decided by a constitutional ban. the fda is investigating 13 deaths that may be tied to the popular caffeine boost 5-hour energy. since 2009 there have been 90 reports of incidents linked to the drink. more than 30 deemed serious including heart attacks, convulsions and one spontaneous abortion. the fda was investigating five deaths tied to monster energy drinks. and disney's magic kingdom is about to get more magical. cnn affiliate wesh got a sneak peek of the newest addition to the park and expanded fantasy land. it's nearly double the size of its current home in the park and the largest expansion in the park history. officials say the expansion should kostz $400 million and that it created 1,500 jobs. which i think is really good for the economy especially in that area, wolf. >> a lot of kids are going to be happy to see it. >> yeah, we're actually going to disn
the six u.s. circuit court of appeals today said that the admissions aspect should be debated at each public university rather than be decided by a constitutional ban. the fda is investigating 13 deaths that may be tied to the popular caffeine boost 5-hour energy. since 2009 there have been 90 reports of incidents linked to the drink. more than 30 deemed serious including heart attacks, convulsions and one spontaneous abortion. the fda was investigating five deaths tied to monster energy...
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>> cnn can now confirm from a u.s. official that the fbi had a tip that david petraeus was involved in an extramarital affair. that's the way they would have sort of started an investigation. the fbi woif been the ones to look into that. the official told us that the fbi counterintelligence unit investigated this to see whether or not there was a potential security risk really whether anyone could have taken this information and blackmailed general petraeus with it, which would have been a security risk. the official says there's no suggestion that the fbi was investigating petraeus for any possible wrong doing but more they were looking at him for potential vulnerability. >> they were looking to see if this affair which he has now acknowledged potentially could have resulted in classified information going to an inappropriate source, is that what you're saying? >> that's one possibility that the fbi looks at when they conduct investigations like this. another would have been if somebody had information on him that the
>> cnn can now confirm from a u.s. official that the fbi had a tip that david petraeus was involved in an extramarital affair. that's the way they would have sort of started an investigation. the fbi woif been the ones to look into that. the official told us that the fbi counterintelligence unit investigated this to see whether or not there was a potential security risk really whether anyone could have taken this information and blackmailed general petraeus with it, which would have been...
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u.s. plan, get this, to explode an atomic bomb on the moon. what were they thinking? i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> today we may be at the tipping point for one of the most important decisions president obama needs to make as he begins his second term. on capitol hill republicans including moderate republicans are sending the president a clear warning, don't nominate susan rice to replace hillary clinton as secretary of state. rice is the current u.s. ambassador to the united nations. she spent a second day meeting with senators trying to explain some of her inaccurate comments she made after the september 11th terrorist attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. cnn's senior congressional correspondent dana bash is joining us now from capitol hill with the very latest. what happened today, dana? >> reporter: wolf, it was one thing for susan rice to be criticized harshly yesterday by the three republicans she met with because they had been among her harshest cr
u.s. plan, get this, to explode an atomic bomb on the moon. what were they thinking? i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> today we may be at the tipping point for one of the most important decisions president obama needs to make as he begins his second term. on capitol hill republicans including moderate republicans are sending the president a clear warning, don't nominate susan rice to replace hillary clinton as secretary of state. rice is the current u.s....
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half of the u.s. deaths were in new york state, at least half of them on staten island where multiple neighborhoods have been laid to waste. people who live there are desperate right now for help. they still have no power, no water and no where to go and help from the outside has just started to arrive three days after the storm. cnn's brian todd is on the scene for us. you're talking to residents. what are they telling you? >> wolf, this is a beach off staten island and the residents telling us they are in shock picking up off the floor and picking up the pieces of their lives and their homes that have been damaged here. hundreds of homes in staten island and many of them in this neighborhood have either been damaged or commroetly destroyed. people here are just devastated. this is a look down cedar grove avenue. you can see some cars down there. this is basically flood water and people are trying to wade through there to get to their homes to assess damage. a flooded out church to my right and if yo
half of the u.s. deaths were in new york state, at least half of them on staten island where multiple neighborhoods have been laid to waste. people who live there are desperate right now for help. they still have no power, no water and no where to go and help from the outside has just started to arrive three days after the storm. cnn's brian todd is on the scene for us. you're talking to residents. what are they telling you? >> wolf, this is a beach off staten island and the residents...